Induction-motor.



G. J. SCHMIDT. moucnou M0108.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.4| 19.

1,264,444, 7/ Patented Apr. 30,1918- wmuasses: INVEVNTOR 4%; Gwyn! .1 Se/rmz'afi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. SCHMIDT, OF WILKINSIBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WESTING- HOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATI N OF PENN- SYLVAITIA.

INDUCTION-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

Application flled.Deeember 4, 1914. Serial No.'875,447.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Induction- Motors, of which the following is a speciti cation.

My invention relates to induction motors, .0 and it has particular reference to such motors as are provided with a plurality, of

primary windings for producing a corresponding number of sets of poles.

y invention has for one of its objects to provide a novel method of controlling motors of the above indicated character, whereby they may be operated efliciently at varying speeds.

A further object of my invention is to provide an induction motor which embodies a novelarrangement of the windings of the I @psge'wmding is placed in the bottom of the secondarymember. I It has been proposed, heretofore, to so .arran'ge induction motors as to adapt them for connection to produce different numbers of poles in order to obtain a plurality of operating speeds. This" may he acconn plishod either by varying the connections of a single winding or by providing a plu- .rality of windings of different 'pole munhere. In either arrangement, it has been the usual practice. to breakoneconneetion before the other has been completed.- The number of speeds in sucha. construction is 85 limited, therefore, to the number of combinations of connections or to the numberof windings, as, the case may be.

My invention comprises an arrangement whereby the number of} operating speeds.

40 may exceed the number of primarywindings and the circuit of the motor is maintained during the change in connections from one winding to another. When'more than one primary winding is in circuit at one time, a speed is produced that is intermediate the speeds corresponding to the several windings. In such a case, the windingfor producing the smaller number of poles tends to bring the rotor to its synchronous speed 60 but the winding having the larger number of poles retards the rotor when its speed exceeds the synchronous speed of the latter winding. The result is to provide an intermediate speod without the employment of an additional winding.

My invention further comprises a novel construction of the secondary member or rotor of the motor whereby it is provided with a. distributed winding of the usual type and a squirrel cage winding consisting of short-circuited .loop coils that are superosed upon the coils of the other winding.

eretofore, rotors have usually been arranied with the squirrel cage winding in the pttoms ofthe rotor slots and the phase winding superposed upon it. This construction has been made necessary by the fact that the phase winding must be threaded in and must, consequently, be on top of the bar and not underneath because, in the latter case, the end ring. would interfere with its insertion. The interference of the end ring with the insertion of the phase conductors unduly long, but this construction is not practical.

Thearrangement in which the squirrel slots possesses several disadvantages. The squirrel ca e winding has relatively the greater lea rage. becausev it is principally active with the higher number of, poles, and should therefore be placed where the leakage would be a minimum, that is, in the tops of the rotor slots nearest the air gap. In addition to this, the squirrel cage winding is of relatively high resistance in order to secure a high starting torque at a. high power factor. I As a result of this'resistance, a comparatively great amount of heat is developed in a short period of time.

This heat must be rapidly dissipated and, in order to accomplish this result, the squirrel cage winding must be sodisposed as to facilitate the radiation ofheat from its surfaces. This cannot: l e/accomplished elliciently if it is placed in the bottom of the rotor slots underneaththe phase-wound rotor winding. This is best accomplished by placing the squirrelscage or high-resistance win'dingin the tops of the rotor slots nearest the surface of the rotors, In addition. the

insulation of the phase winding is often scribed in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side View. in longitudinal section. of a. portion of the 'secondary member of a motor. constructed in accor ance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the mechanism of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of circuits and apparatus embodyin my invention.

A dynamo-electric mac ine 1 is provided 2, in which the construction of the secondary member or rotor 2 is shown in detail. 'The rotor 2, only-a portion of which is shown, is provided with any suitable number of slots 3, as, for example, one hundred and eight. The bottoms of the slotssare occupied by the coils of a phase winding 4 which is-adapted to coa'ct with the eight-.plole primary winding. The terminals of t e'phase winding 4 are connected to slip rings "5. The arran ement of the winding 4 isf'not shown in 5 standard type and forms no part of the presentyinvention;

Av squirrel-ca e winding consisting of short circuited oop coils 6 is so erp'osedupon the phase winding 4. The 001 s of the squirrel-cage winding arc Tormedfby slotting a flat stra of brass, aluminum, copper or other suitab 0 material and .then expahding the same nntil'the' sides are separated by a snflicient distanceto suitable-pitch or throw, as,

or example, of four slots. ,Eaeh conductor thus forms art of short-circuited turn or loop and al of 4 the contact fingers 14 engage contact these loo s together form, a. substitute for the usua s m'rrelscage-type of winding.

As employs in the present invention, sev eral (20115118, for example, three, are placed side by side in; the same slots. This shortcircuited winding'is adapted to coact with .the twenty-four-polewinding. I

Referring now; to Fi I 3,. inc conductors 7,8 and 9, whichmay e connected to" 'any snitabIesource ofalternatin' current, sup-. ply power to the-motor 1"*t rouglra'wlttm troller 10.; The resistance of the 'secondary circuit comprising} the phase winding t is controlled by means of resistors 1'1 that may .bc inserted; in circuitwith the :sev'eralf phases. .My invention'is particularl adapt;

ed for use-in connection 'with e evators," hoists and similar machines,, and the con-' troller '10 is accordingly arranged for operation .in opposite directions or reversing the direction of rotationtof the motor.

It may .belassumed that the controller 10 5 is in its illustrated or ofl'f position. If, for example, it .is moved to the left pontact lingers 12 engage corresponding -con--' tact segments 13 to'connect the twenty-four;

pole or low-speed winding to the line conductors (position A), The motor thenop erates'at a relatively low speed which may etail becauseeit is of the usual.

.resistorsllfrom thesecondary circuit. The

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ondary circuit and: the opening of the 'rent'while changing froin one connection to anot er, are avoided. Bymamtainin -z -the connection of one wind-ing while ano or is winding. v

be, for example, approximatel 240 R. P. M. During this arrangement 0 the connections, the windingfi is not connected in circuit and is, therefore, entirely inactive because no current traverses it.

Further actuation of the controller 10 effects the engagement of contact fingers 14 with corresponding contact segments 15 and thereby connectsthe terminals of the winding 4 with the resistors 11 in circuit (position B). The controller operates, also, to subsequently effect the engagement of contact fingers 16 with correspondin contact segments 17 and thereby connect t e eightpole primary winding to the line conductors while maintaining the connection of the twenty-four-pole winding (position 0). The result is to change the speed from240 to approximately 300 R. P. M. The two connections 'ust described ma be efi'ccted simultaneous y, ifdesired, ut are arranged in above sequencejor safety.

In the next position ofthe controller, the twenty four-pole windin is disconnected from the line conductors the separation of the contactfin rs 12 fi'om the contact segments 13 (position D). The contact fin gers 14 are new in engagement with con tact segments 18 to remove portions of the speed correspondirato this position exceeds t e above mention intermediate speed because of the'dec'reased resistance of the sectwentydour pole rimary circuit.

. In the 'final piisitien of the controller,

ments 19 ,and the resistors 11 are entir fy removed from the secondary circuit, and the winding4 is short circuited (position tel). The speed is now increased to appoxima 850 R. P. M. During the operation at hig s weed, the squirrel-cagewinding is substan used with the eight pole primary winding.

To stop ,thc-motor, the controller is brought.

gbove' operations occur in reverse order.- It has been found that, by inserting sistance in the secondaryacii'cnit in the manner above described, excessive rushes ofcurbeing connected in ci' it, an intermediate other device actuated by the motor to he 1 accelerated or retarded gradually without at or jerk. The intermediate speeds 'may e-varied as desired by changing the value of resistance in circuit with the secondary;

to its central or inoperative position and the .spi'aedi's produced which causes the car or It will be obvious, also, that the s eed may be increased in steps, as desired, om the intermediate .speed to high speed by in creasing the number of ste s employed in cutting out the resistance 0 the secondary circuit. Another advantage of 0 eratin the motor in the manner above escribe is that the primary circuit is not opened during the change in connections, and rushes of current, upon the closing of the motor circuit, which sometimes result'from conditions which approximate short-circuitin conditions, are entirely avoided.

arious modifications may occur to those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains and it is understood that such changes as fall within the scope of the ap: pended claims may be made without'departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. The method of accelerating an induction motor comprising means for producing alternative primary ole sets of two difi'rent pole numbers and with secondary windings responsive to said primary pole sets, respectively, which comprises energizing the primary pole setof hi h ole number while permitting the energization of the corresponding secondary winding, where the motor starts, closing the circuit of the other secondary winding, ener%zing the primary pole set of low pole num er and denergizgig the primary pole set'of high pole num- I 2. The method of accelerating an induction motor comprising means for producing alternative primary pole sets of two different pole numbers and with secondary windings responsive to said pole sets, res ctively, the secondary winding correspon to the low ole number bein a phase win ing provk ed with meansor opening its circuit, which comprises energizing the primary pole set ofhigh pole number and the corresponding secondary winding, closing the circuit of the low pole number secondary winding, energizing the primary pole set oflow pole number' and deiinergizing the primary windin of high pole number.

The method of accelerating an induction motor comprising-means for producing alternativef primary pole sets of two different pole numbers, with a squirrel-cage secondary winding most actively responsive to a primary field of the high pole number and a secondary dphase winding responsive to a. prnnaryifie] 'of the low'pole number, said phase-Winding being. rovided with means for closin its circult 51 resistor, w ich comprises energizing the primary pole set of high pole number whereby said. squirrelcage secondary winding is energized and the motor 'starts,closmg' the rough an adjustable circuit of said secondary phase-winding through a relatively high resistance, energizing the primary pole set of low pole number and dee'nergizing the primary pole set of high pole number while reducing the re sistance in circuit with said secondary phasewinding.

4. The method of decelerating an induction motor comprising means for producing alternative primary ole sets of two diiferent pole numbers an with secondary windings res onsive to said primary pole sets, respective said motor operating withthe primary pole set'of low pole number and the corresponding secondary winding, which comprises energizing the primary pole set of high ole number. deenergizing the n mary po e set of low ole number and isconnecting the secon ary winding. of low pole number. I

I). The method of decelerating an induction' motor comprising means for producing alternative primary pole sets of two different pole numbers and with secondary windings responsive to said pole sets, respectively, the secondary winding corresponding to the low pole number being a phase winding provided with means for opening its circuit, said motor operating withuthe primary pole set of phase Winding being rovided with means or closing its circuit t rough an adjustable resistor, said motor operating with said primary pole set of low pole number and with the corresponding secondary circuit of low resistance, which comprises increasing the resistance of said secondary circuit, introducing the primary ole set of high ,polc number into circuit, eliminating the primary pole set of low number and opening the circuit of the secondary circuit of low pole number.

In testimony whereof, I have ereunto subscribed my name this 27th day of Nov., 1914. V

.GEORGE J. SCHMIDT. Witnesses:

O. C. SCIIOENFELD B. B. Hmns. 

